Economy

Tariffs have rocked the markets this week, and we are nowhere close to a resolution. From our new survey for Winning the Issues (April 8-10), here are three things we are seeing so far: 1. The economic impact is widely felt. One of the rationales of the White House has been that

As the tax debate progresses, we will hear more about federal tax revenues, and the extent to which current levels of revenues are sufficient or if tax increases are needed. Democrats are saying that Republican tax cuts have deprived the federal government of needed revenues. Let’s take a look at

Washington is in an uproar over DOGE’s cost-cutting measures, but the inconvenient truth is that the federal government never returned to pre-COVID spending levels after the pandemic was over. Former President Biden announced COVID was over on September 18, 2022. On April 10, 2023, he signed the termination of the COVID-19 national emergency

This morning’s inflation report came in hot with a 3% year over year Consumer Price Index. With this report being for the month of January, today’s result is the final score on inflation for the Biden presidency, putting the cumulative rate of inflation since the Biden inaugural month to the last

Congressional Republicans often think that voters don’t care about the national debt, but our research shows that voters care more than lawmakers may realize. This research consisted of a series of listening sessions with voters and a national survey (January 7-10) of 1200 registered voters. In a series of beliefs,